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  • Same airline, same destination but new ticket prices costlier by at least 4 times the usual rates

    Kolkata: Travel chaos has turned into a financial headache for many passengers as they express outrage over a troubling trend in the airline industry —confirmed tickets being abruptly cancelled, only to be resold at nearly three-four times the original ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Bengal SIR 1st phase almost over: 28L-30L voters remain unmapped, may face EC hearing

    KOLKATA: The pre-hearing phase of Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll is nearing completion with nearly 100% of 7.6 crore voters' data having already been digitised. But between 28 and 30 lakh voters will, in all probability, ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    'Will never return to Delhi': Sunali Khatun returns to Birbhum from Bangladesh; Bengal to bear medical costs

    KOLKATA/BIRBHUM/MALDA: "If I have a son, I will name him Deshprem, but it will be an honour if CM Mamata Banerjee chooses a name for my yet-to-be born child, be it a son or daughter," said Sunali Khatun, hours ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, pleasant temperatures; AQI remains poor

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.On December 7, 2025, Kolkata awakens to a sunny morning, anticipating clear skies and comfortably ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Man dies after bike skids

    Kolkata: A 46-year-old man, Hemanshu Mehta, riding a bike died after he lost control of the motorcycle and skidded off the road. The incident occurred on Harish Mukherjee Road around 1 am on Saturday. Mehta was not wearing a ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Kol STF ties up with cops in other states to track gangs

    Kolkata: Interstate criminals were increasingly using Kolkata as a hideout after committing crimes in their own states and some were even trying to buy properties here, revealed findings by special task forces of Kolkata and Bihar. The findings were ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Senior citizen tries to fix doc appointment, loses 12L

    Kolkata: A 63-year-old woman from Salt Lake lost Rs 12.35 lakh on Friday while attempting to book a doctor's appointment online. Anindita Mullick, reported the incident to the Bidhannagar North Police Station, detailing how she was deceived into following ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Agonizing wait for Sweety’s family as Sunali returns home; ‘What’s holding back my daughter and grandkids?’ asks Sweety’s mother

    KOLKATA: As Sunali Khatun (26) and her eight-year-old son Shabir returned to Birbhum after being illegally deported to Bangladesh, despair grew for another Birbhum family, just a kilometre apart at Paikar village, waiting for their daughter Sweety Bibi's return ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Flower problem during peak wedding season

    Kolkata: A sudden collapse in domestic air travel has choked the supply chain that brings flowers from southern states, mainly Karnataka, to Kolkata, leaving the city's bustling wedding season scrambling for fresh blooms. With local production hit by heavy ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Truth has defeated BJP’s lies’, says TMC after Sunali’s return

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Saturday hit out at BJP after Sunali Khatun returned home to Bengal after being pushed into neighbouring Bangladesh. State women and child development minister Shashi Panja said, "They branded a pregnant Bengali woman as a ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    2 Kol South high-rises’ names sent for poll booth but RWAs still uncertain

    Kolkata: Only two housing complexes in the Kolkata South Lok Sabha constituency have so far agreed to host polling booths on their premises for the upcoming elections. One of the two names forwarded by the Kolkata South DEO is ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    'If I have a son, I will name him Deshprem': Sunali says it will be an honour if CM Mamata Banerjee chooses name

    KOLKATA/BIRBHUM/MALDA: "If I have a son, I will name him Deshprem, but it will be an honour if CM Mamata Banerjee chooses a name for my yet-to-be born child, be it a son or daughter," said Sunali Khatun, hours ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    CM: Fight against those igniting communal fire will go on

    Kolkata: On the occasion of Sanghati Diwas on Saturday, CM Mamata Banerjee wrote on X: "Our fight will continue against those who are playing the game of destroying the country by igniting the fire of communalism.""Unity is strength. I ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Air turbulence leaves travel operators at their wits’ end

    Kolkata: The cancellation of several thousand flights across the country over the past four to five days has become an operational nightmare for tour operators and destination management companies. Teams are working round the clock to rebook sectors, realign ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    NUJS VC calls for alumni integration into univ system

    Kolkata: In a bid to strengthen the bond between alumni and their alma mater, vice-chancellor of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Nandimath Omprakash V, said the alumni must be "integrated into the system through various programmes ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    EC reviews report on Baruipur BLO ‘malpractice’

    Kolkata: The EC is considering initiating action against some Baruipur officials for their alleged involvement in indiscipline and illegal activity in the SIR exercise. An official said that at Booth 94 in Baruipur East, a teacher, also a booth ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Cops act after FB post goes viral

    Kolkata: Persistent pressure from netizens, seeking police action against a cop for flouting traffic rules, finally led Kolkata Police to announce that legal action was initiated against the rule-breaker. But police did not confirm if the violator was a ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Bengal BJP steps up temple narratives amid ‘Babri’ debate

    Kolkata: Amid the noise over a "Babri-styled" mosque in Murshidabad, Bengal BJP has started to step up narratives over temples.A day after Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya asked the govt of India to reclaim Adinath Temple in Malda, BJP's ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    BLOs in Bengal start marking untraceable voters ‘absent’

    Kolkata: Booth-level officers (BLOs) on Friday started marking untraceable electors as ‘absent', following instructions from the Election Commission. Though the EC has set Dec 11 as the deadline for listing absentee voters BLOs said they themselves had decided to ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Pathashree to add 9k km rural roadsin Bengal

    Kolkata: Ahead of the Bengal assembly polls, the state govt is preparing to launch the construction of more than 9,000 km of new rural roads under the Pathashree project. For this, chief secretary Manoj Pant held a meeting with ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    KP gears up for Gita recital, bike rally & marathon today

    Kolkata: The pre-Christmas crowd across Kolkata's hotspots on Sunday and three major events lined up for Sunday — a Gita recitation programme at Brigade Parade ground, an Army programme involving a bike rally, and a marathon in central Kolkata ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Fare cap too late for many passengers, fails to rein in high air ticket prices

    Kolkata: The fare cap announced by the civil aviation minister on Saturday, three days after thousands of passengers paid exorbitant amounts to purchase a ticket following IndiGo's cancellation of hundreds of flights, is too little and too late, said ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Gold bangle stolen, cops suspect class-12 boy, a friend of victim’s son

    Kolkata: Police investigation into a complaint of a 22-carat gold bangle points the finger of suspicion at a class-12 student of a reputable school who seems to have stolen the piece of jewellery belonging to his classmate's mother. The ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Kabir lays mosque foundation stone in Rejinagar as cops keep close watch

    Berhampore: A 12-km stretch of National Highway-12, from Rejinagar to Beldanga in Murshidabad, remained shut for three hours on Saturday afternoon as several thousand people, some carrying bricks and stone chips, gathered at suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir's ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Flyers fume over lack of info as travel woes continue for 5th straight day

    Kolkata: On Saturday, India's largest budget carrier IndiGo extended major operational disruptions into the fifth consecutive day, cancelling over 500 flights nationwide and leaving thousands of passengers stranded.In Kolkata, the airline scrapped 62 flights, including departures and arrivals, and ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Feeding birds, offering meals: Community drive by Bohras

    Kolkata: The Dawoodi Bohra community in Kolkata has stepped up its environmental and social outreach through a set of focused initiatives under Project Rise. These efforts respond to issues such as environmental decline, malnutrition, and urban vulnerability, and reflect ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Kol records season’s coldest day as min drops to 14.5°C

    Kolkata: The mercury dropped to 14.5°C in Kolkata on Saturday, making it the coldest day of the season so far. The minimum temperature may drop further and settle at 14°C on Sunday, said the Met office. It could rise ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    NUJS VC calls for alumni integration into univ system

    Kolkata: In a bid to strengthen the bond between alumni and their alma mater, vice-chancellor of the West Bengal University of Juridical Sciences, Nandimath Omprakash V, said the alumni must be "integrated into the system through various programmes as ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Flight situation better but full normalcy not yet on radar

    Kolkata: A day after IndiGo operated only 13% of its scheduled flights in Kolkata, the airline was partially back on track on Saturday, operating 71% of its services with 65 departures and 64 arrivals. The turnaround brought relief to ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Feeding birds, offering meals: Community drive by Bohras

    Kolkata: The Dawoodi Bohra community in Kolkata has stepped up its environmental and social outreach through a set of focused initiatives under Project Rise. These efforts respond to issues such as environmental decline, malnutrition, and urban vulnerability, and reflect ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Experience Kolkata's living museum: Iconic buses as mobile art installation

    KOLKATA: In a city where the streets pulse with history and the air is thick with stories, Kolkata's iconic blue and yellow buses have long been more than just a means of transport. They are moving canvases, carrying tales ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Cancellations, extensions: Hotels negotiate space

    Kolkata: The flight disruptions for the last few days have put hotel industry in a jeopardy at a time which is considered to be a busy season for hospitality sector. There are 41 star category hotels in the city, ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Med conferences, hosp visits take a body blow

    Kolkata: With Indigo flight schedules going haywire around the country, countless medical conferences now underway have run into rough weather, with doctors either reaching the venues late or failing to make the trips. Several conferences, including some in Kolkata, ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir lays foundation stone for 'Babri Masjid'

    MURSHIDABAD: Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir laid foundation stone for ''Babri Masjid-style'' mosque in West Bengal''s Murshidabad on Saturday.Kabir cut a ceremonial ribbon alongside visiting clerics on the dais as slogans of “Nara-e-Takbeer, Allahu Akbar” were raised at the ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata records coldest morning this season at 14.5 degrees Celsius

    Kolkata: Residents of Kolkata on Saturday woke up to the coldest morning this season as the mercury plumetted to 14.5 degrees Celsius.Temperatures also decreased in other parts of Gangetic West Bengal, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting a ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Breaking the silence: Kolkata programme highlights hidden domestic abuse

    KOLKATA: The AMAN West Bengal Network organised an awareness programme titled “Resistance Through Art: Voices Against Natal Family Violence and Effective Implementation of PWDVA 2005” on Saturday. The event held from 1 pm to 4.30 pm at Jadavpur, Kolkata, ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Blackstone to invest Rs 22cr-28 cr in South City Mall by ’27

    Kolkata: The New York-headquartered Blackstone Group will invest Rs 15 crore-20 crore to refurbish South City Mall and spend another Rs 7 crore-8 crore on marketing activities over the next two years, officials of Blackstone-backed REIT Nexus Select said ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, cool temperatures; AQI remains poor

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata is experiencing a pleasant and sunny day on December 6, 2025, with morning temperatures ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Heavy security deployed: Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir to lay 'Babri Masjid' foundation stone in Murshidabad

    KOLKATA: Security has been tightened in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district ahead of a contentious foundation-laying ceremony planned by suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir, who has announced he will inaugurate a structure named “Babri Masjid” in Beldanga on Saturday. ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Saudi clerics, 40,000 biryanis, 20,000 locals: Humayun Kabir’s ‘Babri Mosque’ event at noon; suspended MLA thanks 'police for support'

    KOLKATA: Security has been stepped up in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, ahead of a controversial foundation-laying event planned by suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir.On Saturday, Kabir told reporters, "All is well. Wait until it's 12 noon; the reading ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Doc loses 33.7L in investment scam

    Kolkata: A doctor lost Rs 33.7 lakh to an elaborate investment scam, orchestrated on Instagram.He had transferred the amount over several days between Oct 20 and Oct 29 but it was only recently that he realised that he had ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    SIM-swap: KP busts ‘CEO scam’ racket

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Wednesday arrested three men from Jorasanko, cracking what officers describe as a nationwide "CEO SIM-swap scam" targeting corporate seniors.The fraudsters allegedly cloned SIM cards of senior executives, created WhatsApp accounts with their photos, and instructed ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Nexus in talks to acquire 3 malls in eastern India

    Kolkata: Nexus Select Trust, a real estate investment trust backed by American investment firm Blackstone, which has $1 trillion in assets under management, is in takeover talks with three malls in eastern India, including one in Kolkata. The acquisition ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Pregnant Sunali, pushed into B’desh in June, will become a mother at home

    Kolkata: A pregnant Sunali Khatun and her eight-year-old son Shabir, who were pushed into Bangladesh by BSF on June 26 on charges of being illegal immigrants, returned to India around 7 pm on Friday.The 26-year-old, who is nine months ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Need a surgery for neighbourhood giant? KMC’s tree ambulance is just a call away

    Kolkata: In a first-of-its-kind initiative, a tree ambulance service was launched by Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). The mobile emergency services for the city's ailing trees will provide diagnosis, treatment, relocation, planting, and spread public awareness.One can dial the toll-free ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Cops question Kabir as forces surround mosque event zone

    Behrampore: Over 3,500 cops, including RAF contingents drawn from Krishnagore, Siliguri, and Behrampore, have been deployed in Rejinagar and surrounding areas ahead of Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir's scheduled programme of laying the foundation stone for ‘Babri Masjid'. Two BSF ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Airport terminals burst at seams as ‘abandoned’ flyers wait for flights

    Kolkata: The usually bustling Kolkata airport descended into chaos on Friday as an unprecedented cancellation of 89 departing flights left thousands of passengers stranded and frustrated. The majority of the cancellations were attributed to IndiGo, India's largest airline, which ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Even bus owners scared, highlight driver scarcity in Kolkata

    Kolkata: Bus operators have expressed concern over scarcity of skilled bus drivers in the city at a time when multiple accidents, involving buses, have been reported since the beginning of Dec. The scenario, as claimed by at least two ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Worst day at city airport: Flyers stuck in transit after IndiGo cancels 80% flights

    Kolkata: Utter chaos descended at Kolkata airport on Friday morning after IndiGo Airlines' sudden cancelled 40% flights it operates out of the city. Initially, the news left everyone — flyers, airport officials and even a section of airline staff ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    TOI’s digital safety session tomorrow

    Kolkata: The Times of India will host ‘Digital Safety Townhall' this Sunday as part of its #DontGetScammed initiative, which aims at spreading awareness about online frauds and help people navigate the digital world safely. A part of TOI's national ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Anti-ragging inquiry

    The JU anti-ragging panel has found that a student, whom the university probe panel named guilty in the 2023 ragging case, has come to know of his exam results and applied for a supplementary exam. "We allowed him to ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    JU hostels to get info boards to check outsiders’ entry

    Kolkata: The regular practice of unauthorised boarders staying at Jadavpur University hostels, especially at Main Hostel, has prompted university officials to put up boards outside every hostel, displaying the room details and boarder information, like their names and numbers. ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Websol inks MoU with Linton to make PV ingots

    Kolkata: City-based Websol Energy System Limited , a leading manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells and modules, has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Linton, a global leader in photovoltaic (PV) ingot and wafer equipment technology.Both parties have ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    HC grants bail to Bhadra in cash-for-jobs case

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday granted bail to Sujay Krishna Bhadra, also known as ‘Kalighater Kaku', an accused in the cash-for-jobs case related to the recruitment of primary teachers in state-run schools of Bengal. Bhadra was released from ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Bengal govt gives nod to rebuild famed Hollong bungalow

    Jalpaiguri: The Bengal govt has approved the reconstruction of the iconic Hollong Forest Bungalow, which was gutted in an accidental fire on June 18, 2024.The Jaldapara National Park authority had submitted a proposal to the govt for the bungalow's ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Protect citizens, maintain peace: HC gives state free hand in Beldanga

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the state to handle law-and-order in Murshidabad with a firm hand to pre-empt any communal disturbance."The state must act as per its stand and the law-and-order situation shall be maintained in Murshidabad ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Trinamool raises deportation of Bengali-speakers in Parliament

    Kolkata/New Delhi: Trinamool MP Satabdi Roy on Friday said in the Lok Sabha that Bengali-speaking people were being deported to Bangladesh and asserted that language could not be a consideration for authorities for taking such steps.Addressing the House in ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    BJP hits campaign trail with 1,500 street corners across state

    Kolkata: On the first day of its month-long "Pahar Theke Sagar" campaign, Bengal BJP held nearly 1,500 street-corner rallies in each mandal (a cluster of 70-75 booths) across the state on Friday.PM Narendra Modi, who met BJP MPs from ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Frontier Warehousing set to acquire 106-yr-old Kesoram

    Kolkata: The 106-year-old Kesoram Industries, once the flagship of the BK Birla Group, and the company with which the legendary BK Birla started his industrial journey before independence, is set to change hands. It is being acquired by Frontier ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    AQI slips to ‘very poor’ category after season’s 1st notable temp dip in Kolkata

    Kolkata: The air quality in Kolkata deteriorated on Monday as the season's first notable dip in temperature coincided with a surge in pollution levels across the city. Real-time monitoring data from multiple stations showed the Air Quality Index (AQI) ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Worry ahead: Will our vacation plan go awry?

    Kolkata: Will winter holiday plans go off the rails: That seems to be the question on top of the mind of flyers booked on IndiGo as the airline's unprecedented operational meltdown continues to ripple through the country's busiest routes. ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    2.2L for Mum ticket: Fare stays north, flyer anger boils over

    Kolkata: Frustrated by soaring airfares, passengers on Friday urged the aviation watchdog DGCA to step in to halt what they called rampant profiteering after one-way ticket prices between major cities surged to five-figure marks. The spike followed a wave ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Why make us a pawn in your pol battle, ask housing societies

    Kolkata: Residents living in housing complexes across the city are asking why they should be made "pawns" in an escalating political tussle between the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the state government, after being urged by the poll ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Cancelled: Award event returning to Kol after Cov

    Kolkata: The MP Birla Planetarium (MPBP) had to cancel the MP Birla Memorial Award function on Friday after the award recipient, Yashwant Gupta, director of National Centre for Radio Astrophysics at TIFR Pune, was unable to reach the city ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Dedicated track, green channel plans for better local train ops

    Kolkata: Eastern Railway is planning ways to improve efficiency and punctuality of local trains, especially in the Howrah division, Milind Deouskar, GM, ER, said on Friday.On the sidelines of an event by ICC's 3rd Rail India Forum in Kolkata, ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Pay my bill, ailing BLO’s wife tells CEO

    Kolkata: The wife of BLO Anirban Banerjee from Domjur in Howrah, who is undergoing treatment for his leg infection at a private hospital off EM Bypass, has sought financial help from the Election Commission (EC) to pay her husband's ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Dead voters on draft roll: DMs to be answerable

    Kolkata: The DMs will be held responsible if any dead voter's name is included in the draft SIR roll, the EC stated on Friday. During a video conference with the chief electoral officers in 12 states and UTs, the ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Green channel, dedicated tracks, more AC rakes to improve local train ops

    Kolkata: Eastern Railway is planning ways to improve efficiency and punctuality of local trains, especially in the Howrah division, Milind Deouskar, GM, ER, said on Friday.On the sidelines of an event by ICC's 3rd Rail India Forum in Kolkata, ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Humayun Kabir defies TMC suspension: MLA says Babri-style mosque will be built as planned on December 6

    KOLKATA: Suspended by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for his plan to lay the foundation stone of a Babri-style mosque in Murshidabad on December 6, MLA Humayun Kabir remained defiant on Friday, insisting the event would proceed as scheduled.Kabir said ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, comfortable temperatures; AQI remains poor

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata experienced a crisp and sunny morning on December 5, 2025, with temperatures anticipated to ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Wave of flight cancellations, delays ruins flyers’ travel plans

    Kolkata: The city's peak travel season has turned into mayhem as thousands of passengers — from holidaymakers to those flying home for medical emergencies — were stranded amid a fresh wave of flight cancellations and inordinate delays.At Kolkata airport, ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Sunali needs urgent blood transfusion, say docs in B’desh

    Kolkata: Doctors in Bangladesh treating 28-year-old Sunali Khatun through her advanced pregnancy have recommended immediate blood transfusion for her because of her low haemoglobin count, her family was informed on Thursday. Sunali underwent a battery of diagnostic tests on ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Cops pick up wife for stabbing man to death during flat-sale row

    Kolkata: A 38-year-old woman, identified as Sarbani Das, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly murdering her 48-year-old husband at their Sashi Bhushan Dey Street home. The victim, Ashok Kumar Das, was found dead with multiple stab wounds on Tuesday ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Trinamool suspends Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir for ‘communal politics’

    Berhampore/Kolkata: Trinamool on Thursday suspended its belligerent Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir for his "communal politics", prompting the rebel legislator to declare that he would float his own party by Dec 22.Kabir, who earned the party's ire by publicly declaring ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    1 lakh for a flight to Bengaluru: IndiGo mayhem blurs national-int’l price barrier

    Kolkata: On Thursday, a one-way ticket from Kolkata to Bengaluru cost as much as a return fare to Boston in the US. Travellers could undertake a return journey to Sydney in Australia or Christchurch in New Zealand at the ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    BLOs look for voters yet to give forms, to mark them ‘absentee’ from today

    Kolkata: BLOs in Kolkata on Thursday looked for voters who are yet to return their SIR enumeration forms. From Friday, the voters will be marked as "absentee voters" as per instructions they received from their seniors.By Wednesday evening, the ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Surmises, conjectures: Reasons for scrapping Ganguly order

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court division bench, which on Wednesday reinstated 32,000 primary school teachers' jobs, striking down seven findings by former judge Abhijit Ganguly, called Ganguly's statement of him smelling "stinking rats" in his May 2023 order "mere ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    CPM distances itself from Bikash stance on TET verdict

    Kolkata: CPM on Thursday distanced itself from senior advocate and party neta Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya's comments on Thursday, after the latter said that the Calcutta High Court division bench TET order that saved 32,000 teachers' jobs should be challenged ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Govt names 23-member IAS team to steer devpt projects

    Kolkata: After Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee requested proper monitoring of development projects across districts through a team of 23 observers, chief secretary Manoj Pant on Thursday notified the list of officers responsible for overseeing development and welfare projects.A senior ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Sagardighi supercritical thermal power unit to start ops from Dec 10

    Kolkata: Sagardighi's new supercritical thermal power unit will start operations from Dec 10, CM Mamata Banerjee announced on Thursday.Addressing a rally at Berhampore in Murshidabad, the CM said, "In Sagardighi's thermal power plant in Murshidabad, we are again constructing ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Bengal BJP to hold 1,300 rallies state-wide today, 13,000 over a month

    Kolkata: A day after PM Narendra Modi exhorted Bengal BJP netas to remain focused and confident about the 2026 assembly polls, the latter drew the battle lines and announced holding 13,000 rallies over a month starting Friday. The saffron ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Hotels at home: Notice to 37 New Town buildings

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has issued stop operation notices to owners of 37 residential buildings identified across New Town for illegally running hotels and guest houses in the building premises without permission.As per the list ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Wipro signs 1.7L sq ft Smartworks lease to expand Kol ops

    Kolkata: Wipro has taken on lease 1.7 lakh sq ft of workspace for around 3,000 people from Smartworks Coworking Spaces Ltd to expand its footprint in Kolkata. Sources in Sector V told TOI that this would be the Indian ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    2.5 cr/year top offer at IIT-Kgp placements, 5 bag 2cr+ jobs so far

    Kolkata: Five students from IIT Kharagpur bagged jobs with pay packages exceeding Rs 2 crore per annum during the first phase of the ongoing 2025-26 placement process. The recruitment drive had started on Dec 1. The highest pay package ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Extra CISF personnel deployed as tempers fly at packed terminal

    Kolkata: Flights were disrupted for the second successive day at Kolkata airport after IndiGo Airlines cancelled 22 flights and delayed departures of 146 others. The airline attributed the disruption to "crew shortage". The cancellations and delays triggered chaos at ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    College Service Commission gets new chairperson

    Kolkata: The new chairperson of the College Service Commission, Souren Bandyopadhyay, was appointed by the higher education department on Thursday, replacing Dipak Kumar Kar. The controller, Selim Box Mandal, who joined a few months ago, was replaced by Subhranil ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    CCTV cams will be set up in 45 days, JU informs HC

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University on Thursday submitted a security report before the Calcutta High Court, stating that the authorities received Rs 68 lakh from the higher education department and will complete CCTV installation within 45 days.A progress report was directed ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    State moves SC against doc’s RG Kar posting

    Kolkata: The state approached the Supreme Court against the Calcutta HC order of posting Aniket Mahata at RG Kar instead of Raiganj Medical College.Mahata, a prominent face of the RG Kar agitation, had moved the single bench of Justice ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Primary teachers make a fresh start after HC order

    Kolkata: A day after the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday reinstated the jobs of 32,000 primary school teachers, the atmosphere at schools changed: Colleagues, who would earlier question the affected teachers about the future of their jobs and even ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    New VC move: In a first, NUJS gets 5 deans

    Kolkata: The new VC of West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Nandimath Omprakash V, appointed five deans for UG studies, PG studies, research, student affairs, and alumni affairs, outreach & communications on Wednesday — for the first ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    FIR after ex loads intimate pics on dark web for sale

    Kolkata: A call centre employee, residing in Sarsuna, is currently on the run after allegedly blackmailing a woman and posting their intimate photographs on the dark web for sale. The accused also used a fake Instagram account to upload ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Trainee pilot found hanging in N Kol house

    Kolkata: A trainee pilot was found hanging in Girish Park on Wednesday night. Soumyaditya Kundu (21) the only child of his parents and a resident of central Kolkata, had returned from South Africa in October, where he was pursuing ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Drunk driver assaults cops at Behala traffic naka

    Kolkata: Hours after a major accident on DH Road on Wednesday morning, cops at the James Long Sarani-SN Roy Road crossing came under attack from a motorist. A test on the accused driver revealed that he was heavily drunk. ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Biker dies after being hit by ‘police truck’

    Kolkata: A 54-year-old man from Baranagar died in an accident while riding his bike at the Kingsway-Strand Road crossing around 9.55 am on Thursday. He was on his way to work towards Dalhousie when a small truck hit him. ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    Salt Lake tank work to hit water supply

    Kolkata: A large area of Salt Lake will experience reduced water supply for the next few days due to ongoing maintenance work and reconstruction of the overhead reservoirs' dome slab. Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been conducting this work ...

    5 December 2025 Times of India
    SIR theme at Ritwik Ghatak centenary installations

    Kolkata: A compilation of maps, newspaper clippings, and a video recording, documenting the harrowing experiences of individuals living under the threat of deportation to Bangladesh during the SIR crisis, is a highlight of the exhibition titled ‘Ritwik Japon'. This ...

    4 December 2025 Times of India
    'Will build Babri' remark: TMC suspends MLA Humayun Kabir

    KOLKATA: West Bengal’s political temperature spiked on Thrusday after the Trinamool Congress suspended its Murshidabad MLA Humayun Kabir, after he reiterated that he would go ahead with a December 6 ‘shilanyas’ for a mosque modelled on the Babri Masjid ...

    4 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Metro: 1,678 high-tech cameras to be installed across Blue Line; system will alert RPF in real time

    KOLKATA: Kolkata Metro, the country’s oldest rapid transit system, is set to roll out a cutting-edge intelligent surveillance grid designed to detect distressed passengers and stop suicide attempts on its tracks. Metro Rail has become a suicide hotspot. This ...

    4 December 2025 Times of India
    'Will my baby will be born in India or Bangladesh': SC directs return of pregnant Sunali Khatun; uncertainty looms over childbirth

    KOLKATA: Nine months pregnant and recovering from three-and-a-half months in a Bangladeshi jail, 26-year-old Sunali Khatun said she is "delighted" by the apex court's direction for her repatriation but is unsure when she will finally return to her parents ...

    4 December 2025 Times of India
    TMC suspends Murshidabad MLA Humayun Kabir over 'Babri Masjid shilanyas' remark

    KOLKATA: West Bengal’s political temperature spiked on Thrusday after the Trinamool Congress suspended its Murshidabad MLA Humayun Kabir, hours after he reiterated that he would go ahead with a December 6 ‘shilanyas’ for a mosque modelled on the Babri ...

    4 December 2025 Times of India
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